Campbell, Daniel

GEORGETOWN.
The adjourned inquest upon the body of Daniel Campbell who died at Hamilton on the third inst., under circumstances which lent color to the belief that he had received fatal injuries in a bar room fight here on Christmas eve, was resumed Thursday afternoon before Coroner Sutherland. The court-room in the Town Hall was uncomfortably crowded. The time was almost entirely taken up with the medical testimony of the doctors who attended deceased before he died and who made the post-mortem. Their evidence showed that Campbell died from one of two causes, either blood poisoning, the result of the ante mortem injuries, the elbow being shattered along with other bad bruises, or else from acute rheumatic fever. There was evidently little doubt in the minds of the witnesses that the indications were all in favor of the first of these alternatives, but as they were not prepared to swear positively therein, the efforts of the crown to bring any offender to justice will probably prove futile. The court then adjourned till Monday.
The case was resumed Monday morning. Some 30 witnesses were heard, all the evidence being of a most contradictory nature, but three or four young men, well known in town, seem to be deeply implicated in the affair. It is reported that two witnesses have been held on the charge of perjury. When the first witness was sworn, the town hall was filled. The people throughout the county are taking a deep interest in the case. Walter Campbell, brother of deceased, appeared in court with cuts on his face and a bandage over his eye, the results or[f] the Christmas eve set to. When sworn he gave full particulars of the fight. His brother, deceased, was struck a stunning blow on the face, knocked down and trampled upon by the crowd, who then threw them both bodily out of the barroom. They rushed up to the house of Mrs. N. Brown, sister of the deceased, followed by a threatening crowd, shouting "Take him in or we will kill him." Witness recognized three young men, well known in the town, saying they seemed to be leaders of the mob.
Several other witnesses were called whom Crown Attorney Matheson had great difficulty in getting to state anything about the fight. All the evidence taken goes to show that Daniel Campbell undoubtedly met with foul play on Christmas eve.
[Continued in the Acton Free Press, Feburary 8, 1894 p.3.col.3]
The enquiry into the death of Dan Campbell was resumed again Monday night. Coroner Sutherland and Crown-Attorney Matheson opened the court at 7.30 p.m. with closed doors. County Constable Bradley had a small army of witnesses ready to take the stand. John McGibbon, bartender at the Clark house, sworn, corroborated his evidence given on the 29th January. Mrs. Thomas Campbell, of the Clark house, and Thomas Campbell, proprietor of the Clark house, gave evidence and after hearing several other witnesses, the court adjourned, leaving from 15 to 20 witnesses yet to take the stand.
The case was resumed Tuesday morning and the jury returned the following verdict:- "That Daniel Campbell came to his death from blood-poisoning, the result of injuries received in a way at present unknown."